1988 Lisburn van bombing

The 1988 Lisburn van bombing occurred at 8:59 PM on 15 June 1988 when a van carrying six British Army personnel (including four Royal Corps of Signals troops) was blown up by the Provisional IRA in Lisburn, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The soldiers had just taken part in the "Charity Run" fundraiser near the headquarters of the British Army in Northern Ireland, and the bomb was planted beneath the van, being designed so that the explosion would move upwards. The 6 British troops were killed, while 11 civilians were wounded in the attack.